installing new hard drive...need help

holla84 · 01-06-2008, 05:56 PM

I am in the process of installing a new hard drive on my mother's dell 4550 series. The hard drive is seagate barracuda 160gb hard drive. The bios reads the hard drive, but when I try to install windows 2000 the i get an error message DISK I/0 error: Status 00008001. Any help in this endeavor would be greatly appreciated.

holla84 · 01-07-2008, 08:47 AM

Thanks for all the help guys....oh wait no help yet. C'mon guys spare some time for this computer noob.

Hemi · 01-08-2008, 07:05 PM

Sounds like the drive needs to be partitioned and then formated.

tj1182 · 01-08-2008, 07:15 PM

I have the same Dell system, why are you installing Win 2000? Why not just use the XP disc it came with?

holla84 · 01-09-2008, 09:24 AM

Well I would install xp, but it is my mother's computer and she misplaced those helpful cd's. I have partitioned and formatted the drived..it just seems to not want to boot up.

01-06-2008, 05:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
holla84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000	installing new hard drive...need help I am in the process of installing a new hard drive on my mother's dell 4550 series. The hard drive is seagate barracuda 160gb hard drive. The bios reads the hard drive, but when I try to install windows 2000 the i get an error message DISK I/0 error: Status 00008001. Any help in this endeavor would be greatly appreciated.

01-07-2008, 08:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
holla84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000	Re: installing new hard drive...need help Thanks for all the help guys....oh wait no help yet. C'mon guys spare some time for this computer noob.

01-08-2008, 07:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hemi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cleveland Posts: 14 OS: WinXP SP2	Re: installing new hard drive...need help Sounds like the drive needs to be partitioned and then formated.

01-08-2008, 07:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
tj1182 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 OS: XP	Re: installing new hard drive...need help I have the same Dell system, why are you installing Win 2000? Why not just use the XP disc it came with?

01-09-2008, 09:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
holla84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000	Re: installing new hard drive...need help Well I would install xp, but it is my mother's computer and she misplaced those helpful cd's. I have partitioned and formatted the drived..it just seems to not want to boot up.